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Book Review of The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
Author: John Grisham
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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He is a young laywer who does yard work in exchange for rent. THen one little case begins to explode...
It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer...except for on: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devestated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it.
By the time Rudy get to court, a heavyweight corprate defense team is there to meet him. ANd suddenly he's in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous million-dollar was of nerves, skill, and outright violence_a fight that could cost one young lawyer his life, or turn him into the biggest rainmaker in the land...